Portrait of Major Shriver Moore

Identifier:

047276

Title:

Portrait of Major Shriver Moore

Date:

ca. 1891-1895

Description:

Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, Moore was the son of John W. and Mazie Moore. The family came to West Virginia in 1847 and settled on a large farm near Matamoras Station, where he later married Adaline W. Hanes in 1856. The couple bore nine children, seven of whom survived. After Hanes death in 1915, Moore re-married with Sallie A. Rarick in 1902.In 1862, Moore volunteered as a Union soldier in the 14th Regiment, Company E., West Virginia Infantry and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having received a severe wound in the right hand.He later served his country as a member of the county court for six years and was also an overseer of the poor in Lincoln District (which included Sistersville) for many years.He died of bronchial trouble on his family farm at Pursely Creek on November 24, 1915 at the age of 81.

Subjects:

Civil War--Portraits--K-P., Portraits--M., Soldiers--West Virginia., Civil War--Officers.

Family Names:

Moore family.

Acquisition Source:

Diary of Major Shriver Moore, 14th West Virginia Infantry

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView